The dark gray bathrobe was only tied with a belt, and it was loose and exposed a large piece of skin on his chest. His hair was wet and messy, reflecting the angular profile and handsome facial features, full of cold and ascetic aura.
He sat across from Mu Ning. Mu Ning raised her eyes, and her cheeks felt as hot as fire. She quickly lowered her head.
It's killing me.
He quietly moved to the seat furthest away from Gu Zhiyin, and buried his face in the bowl to eat.
Gu Zhiyin leaned on the back of the chair, lit a cigarette, and looked at Mu Ning through the pale white smoke. The mask was pulled down, revealing the pink cheeks and the tips of the ears.
He casually ordered, "Since it's cold, Zhang Ma, go and turn on the heater."
"Hey, why did you forget this? It's not winter yet, so don't catch a cold." Zhang Ma followed the instructions and turned on all the heaters.
Mu Ning's palms began to sweat, and she squeezed her chopsticks tightly.
She was almost overheated with this covering, so you turned on the heater. Do you want her to get prickly heat?
Gu Zhiyin clearly did it on purpose.
"I'm full. Let's go back to the room first." Mu Ning threw away the bowl and chopsticks and wanted to leave.
"sit down."
With a cold command, Mu Ning froze.
"Uncle Gu..."
"Finish the food in your bowl."
Mu Ning had no choice but to sit down and pick up the rice quickly, hoping to finish it quickly and go upstairs.
Gu Zhiyin held the cigarette between his long fingers, with a frivolous expression, blowing out the smoke, half-squinting his eyes, and watching her eat playfully.
He wanted to see how long she could keep pretending.
There was still a big bowl of rice, and Mu Ning almost choked to death. Sweat was sliding down the sides of her cheeks, not to mention her body. It felt like she was in a sauna. She was about to burst from the heat, and she couldn't eat the rice at all.
Gu Zhiyin put out the cigarette and added lightly, "Mother Zhang, go prepare two bowls of ginger soup to help her get rid of the cold."
Mu Ning felt angry and threw down his chopsticks and glared at Gu Zhiyin.
"Gu Zhiyin, did you do it on purpose?"
Gu Zhiyin lightly pulled her lower lip, "Don't you pretend anymore?"
Mu Ning glanced at him sideways.
She stood up, took off her hat, mask, and cotton coat, and threw them on the chair. Then she took a long breath, sat down again, and finished her meal quickly.
Zhang Ma stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at it and shaking her head, yes, there is no need to prepare ginger soup now.
Gu Zhiyin felt a little irritated when she thought of Mu Ning's actions. She lit another cigarette and just sat across from him and watched Mu Ning eat.
Mu Ning didn't even look at him. After eating, he wiped his mouth and went to the yard to enjoy the cool air.
Mu Ning was swinging on the swing in the yard.
The courtyard that was damaged by her crash has been repaired. The flowers that were crushed to death by her car have all been removed and her favorite baby's breath has been planted. It seems that they are probably alive.
A vegetable garden was also cut on the other side, and some leeks and green onions were planted. They were growing lush and green. This was her idea to make Zhang Ma make scallion pancakes and chive boxes.
At that time, Gu Zhiyin knew that green onions had been planted in his garden, and her brows were furrowed, and the expression on her face was dark, but she didn't care. She felt that planting those precious flowers and plants was a waste of land, the survival rate was low, and she still felt distressed when she died. So much reality.
At this time, a blanket was thrown over and the hood was wrapped around her.
Mu Ning, who was still in a fugue, was startled and immediately pulled off the blanket.
When she turned around and saw Gu Zhiyin, she could only stare.
"Put it on. I just covered my sweat. It's easy to catch a cold if the cold wind blows." There was no emotion in the voice.
There is nothing wrong with this man, but he is very considerate.
The night was as cold as water, Mu Ning wrapped the blanket around his body and shrank his neck.
Gu Zhiyin leaned on the pillar next to her, took out a lighter, and lit a cigarette.
The refreshing smell of mint cigarettes was light and familiar to Mu Ning. She rarely saw cigarettes with this kind of smell. Not only did she not dislike it, but she actually liked it.
Gu Zhiyin smoked silently, and Mu Ning didn't say anything. There were only the sounds of crickets and unknown insects in the grass. There was a moment of silence and awkward silence.
Mu Ning was swinging on the swing, and his calves kept swinging back and forth. Suddenly, a slipper flew out from his foot and fell into the flowers on the side.
Well……
Mu Ning stopped the swing and thought about whether to pick it up. The next second, he saw the man beside him stand up straight, his figure swayed, and he walked towards the flowers.
This noble man couldn't even lower his head, but he actually bent down to pick up his shoes?
Mu Ning was surprised and raised his eyebrows.
Gu Zhiyin was chewing a cigarette, and stretched out her fair and slender arms from the bathrobe. When she bent over, the bathrobe became loose, and Mu Ning took a look at the sexy chest.
My heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat.
She quickly looked away.
Gu Zhiyin took the shoes back, squatted in front of her, and held up her little feet with his big hands.
Mu Ning felt his feet being burned and quickly retracted them.
"I will do it myself."
After saying that, he took the shoes and quickly put them on his feet.
Gu Zhiyin kept squatting in front of her without moving.
Mu Ning thought for a moment and coughed, "Uncle Gu, yesterday was my fault. I shouldn't have misunderstood you and made random arrangements for you..."
Gu Zhiyin raised his eyelids to look at her, pursed his lips, and his eyes were deep and heavy.
Mu Ning's face was a little red, "It's better to talk about that. Now that I have grown up, there are differences between men and women. I hope you won't be like this in the future."
As soon as these words came out, Gu Zhiyin's eyebrows immediately turned cold and he narrowed his eyes, "What kind?"
"Just... I will do my own thing, and I will take care of myself. I won't let Uncle Gu worry about me in the future."
"Then what?"
Gu Zhiyin's voice was a bit sarcastic, and he suddenly stood up, suddenly much taller than Mu Ning.
Mu Ning had to look up at him. Being stared at in such a condescending manner, her heartbeat was a little chaotic.
"Then...then Uncle Gu is getting older and will soon get married and have children. It's better for us to keep a distance, otherwise the future aunt will probably be angry when she sees it."
Gu Zhiyin sneered, his face gloomy and calm, and his dark eyes were filled with sarcasm and anger.
"That's what you think? I've arranged a wife and children, but what about you?"
Mu Ning stood up uneasily, lowered his head, not daring to look into Gu Zhiyin's eyes.
Of course she wants to go abroad. She has her own way to go. She and Gu Zhiyin cannot stay together forever.
But there were some things she knew she couldn't say.
"Of course I have to think about Uncle Gu. It's not easy for Uncle Gu to raise me so much. I hope you are happy, but of course I can't hold you back."
Gu Zhiyin let out a "heh", the anger in his chest getting stronger.
Mu Ning felt that the atmosphere was depressing and didn't know what to say.
She moved back in small steps, "Uncle Gu, I'm sleepy, go back to sleep, good night."
Mu Ning turned around, his neck suddenly tightened.
"Why?"
She was pulled back.
"Why are you running?" Gu Zhiyin looked unkind and stared at her coldly with his dark eyes.
Mu Ning innocently spread his hands, "I'm sleepy."
Gu Zhiyin sneered, "Why didn't I see you sleepy so early when I went to the bar in the middle of the night?"
"..."
Mu Ning caressed his forehead speechlessly.
Can't you tell she wants to leave?
Seeing her like this, Gu Zhiyin felt a little annoyed. His hands were itchy and he wanted to beat her, so he put it in his pocket.
"Ning Ning, what do you think your future little aunt will be like?"
The topic returned to the normal point. Mu Ning's eyes widened and he really thought about it.
"Of course she is beautiful, virtuous, gentle and generous. It would be better if she could love me as much as Uncle Gu."
Gu Zhiyin snorted lightly, "That's all?"
"Of course the most important thing is to be sincerely nice to Uncle Gu, otherwise I won't recognize her as aunt."
Gu Zhiyin looked at her with deep eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
Suddenly he said: "What if I say I won't look for you anymore?"
"What?" Mu Ning's eyes widened, "Uncle Gu, you can't say this nonsense, how could you not look for it? There's nothing wrong with you, why don't you look for it?"
Gu Zhiyin suddenly bent down and came close to Mu Ning, staring at her with burning eyes. A low voice sounded in her ears, "Because I have Ning Ning. Having you alone is enough to give me a headache. I can't bear another one."
"..."
He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes covering the strong desire and paranoia in his eyes, staring at the hair on the girl's face, and said in a hoarse voice, "Isn't it good to just raise Ningning like this for the rest of your life?"
Mu Ning was so shocked that he didn't dare to move. He only felt that half of his face was on fire.
She always felt that there was something deeper in Gu Zhiyin's words, but she couldn't figure out what they meant.
Her heart was beating wildly for no reason, her fingers tightly grasped the hem of her skirt, and she bit her bleeding lip.
"Uncle Gu, what do you mean..."
"What do you think?" His lips brushed against her eyelashes, and his ambiguous tone made her curl up her fingers.
Gu Zhiyin didn't move, and she didn't dare to move. At such a close distance, if she moved, her lips would touch.
An upward "Huh?" escaped from his thin lips.
"Say, what did you say?" Mu Ning asked, stiffening his neck.
Gu Zhiyin originally just wanted to tease her, but she wanted to draw a clear line with him, but now that he was so close, some impulses emerged in her body.
Looking at the bright red mouth, he took a deep breath.
After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Ning Ning... I changed my mind."
